LJexm

LJexm is an ‘R’ package designed to automate the process of extracting zip files, converting ‘Word’ and ‘Excel’ files to ‘pdf’ files using ‘VBScript’, and merging ‘pdf’ files in a structured order.

Installation

To install ‘LJexm’ from source, run:

# Install from source
install.packages("LJexm", repos = NULL, type = "source")

Usage

Load the package and run the application:

library(LJexm)
run_app()

Error Handling

• Errors and status messages are logged in conversion_log.txt during execution.
• After processing, messages are printed using message() in R.

Manually Checking Errors (If Needed)

If you need to check errors manually before running the script, you can view the log file:

log_file <- file.path("path/to/your/folder", "conversion_log.txt")
if (file.exists(log_file)) {
  log_content <- readLines(log_file)
  message(log_content, appendLF = TRUE)
}

Features

• Extracts ‘zip’ files in a given directory.
• Converts .docx and .xlsx files to ‘pdf’ using ‘VBScript’.
• Merges ‘pdf’ files in alphabetical order, ensuring correct sequencing.
• Automatically logs errors and prints them in R using message().
• Works in both ‘RStudio’ and Base R.

Dependencies

This package requires the following dependencies: - fs - pdftools - rstudioapi - utils

These dependencies will be automatically installed when you install ‘LJexm’.

License

This package is licensed under GPL-3.